Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sylvanite"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sylvanite \Syl"van*ite\, n. [Fr. Transylvania, where first
found.] (Min.)
A telluride of gold and silver, {(Au, Ag)Te2}, of a steel
gray, silver white, or brass yellow. It often occurs in
implanted crystals resembling written characters, and hence
is called {graphic tellurium}. H., 1.5-2. Sp.gr., 7.9-8.3.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sylvanite \Syl"van*ite\, n. [So called from Transylvania, where
it was first found.] (Min.)
A mineral, a telluride of gold and silver, of a steel-gray,
silver-white, or brass-yellow color. It often occurs in
implanted crystals resembling written characters, and hence
is called {graphic tellurium}. [Written also {silvanite}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sylvanite
n : a silver-white mineral consisting of silver gold telluride;
a source of gold in Australia and America [syn: {graphic
tellurium}]
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